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Arched vs Swagger - What's the difference?

arched | swagger |

As verbs the difference between arched and swagger

is that arched is (arch) (to curve) while swagger is to walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.

As an adjective arched

is curved.

As a noun swagger is

confidence, pride.

arched

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Curved.
    • His arched back ached from the constant strain.
  • *
    • The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (arch) (to curve)
  • To have made curved.
    • He arched his back into a half-moon curve trying to get the stiffness out.

    swagger

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
  • * Beaconsfield
    • a man who swaggers about London clubs
  • To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
  • * Collier
    • To be great is not to swagger at our footmen.
    (Jonathan Swift)

    Derived terms

    * swaggerer * swaggeringly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • confidence, pride
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 9 , author=Mandeep Sanghera , title=Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage}}
  • A bold, or arrogant strut.
  • A prideful boasting or bragging.

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